(...when I have them)

• Make them a Miyazaki-themed childrens room or have Ghibli-themed birthday parties
  • mobile of the kite machine from Laputa with the kids in it
• Sing "All Together Now" (Beatles) to them
• Plant a tree at the time of each's birth - So they can see it grow with them
• Start a college fund for them before they know what college is
• Prioritize them after Evan so they can see what a healthy relationship looks like
• Show them the wonder of classic Disney (when Disney was still in charge)
• Expose them to different worlds and cultures (Miyazaki)
• Do the cheesy wall height marker on each birthday
• Go to lots of their events (sports games, recitals)
• Be a part of their school stuff
• Take cute, funny, ridiculous, beautiful pictures of them at every opportunity
• Play Beethoven and Mozart for them whenever possible
• Play The Beatles and Modest Mouse for them the rest of the time
• MAKE them take music lessons (guitar, banjo, ukelele, something cool..)
• MAKE them join a sport, or teach it to them myself (badminton? tennis? lacrosse?)
• MAKE any boys join and stick with Boy Scouts
• Read to them lots
• Buy lots of nice childrens books
• Write/illustrate/bind their own childrens book
• Dont let em stay home from school ALL the time, just some of the time
• Dont encourage them to quit something at the first sign of badness or difficulty
• Teach them about $: allowance/savings
• Have pets (dog/cat/turtle/rabbit/duck)
• Take them camping and traveling
• Take them to see the ocean and the snow early in their lives, and regularly after that
• Teach them to swim early in their lives
• Bring them to Luxembourg
• Dress them in the cutest clothes (think super warm Christmas Story-esque jackets)
• Knit them warm blankets and keep them in a big ole wooden chest in the living room
• Paint a world map on a huge board to hang up in their room so they can put up pins of the places theyve been or want to go
• Cook homemade meals
• Bake fresh bread regularly
• Put occasional surprises in their lunch boxes (toys, candy, cookies)
• Buy them Legos (the best toy ever)
• Be there for them
• Love em unconditionally